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translate
verb(trans-late)
make sense of a language
Synonyms: interpret, read, understand,
translate
verb(trans-late)
restate (words) from one language into another language
Synonyms: interpret, render,
Examples:
I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S..
He translates for the U.N..
translate
verb(trans-late)
change from one form or medium into another
Synonyms: transform,
Examples:
Braque translated collage into oil.
translate
verb(trans-late)
be equivalent in effect
Examples:
The growth in income translates into greater purchasing power.
translate
verb(trans-late)
be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
Examples:
Poetry often does not translate.
Tolstoy's novels translate well into English.
translate
verb(trans-late)
bring to a certain spiritual state
translate
verb(trans-late)
change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
translate
verb(trans-late)
determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
translate
verb(trans-late)
express, as in simple and less technical language
Examples:
Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?.
Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?.
translate
verb(trans-late)
subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body

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